At 7:20 a.m. on June 17, participants in the 10th Quebec City Staircase Challenge stepped up to the starting line in the Parc du Bois-de-Coulonge and set off to conquer …
Daily Archives: 19 June 2018
Congratulations to the A.S. Johnson Class of 2018
The Andrew Stuart Johnson Memorial High School graduation took place in Thetford Mines on June 16. The ceremony was held at the school and was followed by dinner and dancing …
Here’s to the worker: this country was built with tools
Here we are at that uniquely Canadian convergence of dual (duelling?) national holidays – triple, if one includes National Aboriginal Day on June 21. It’s a time when, regardless of …
Jean Robert named as chair of the National Battlefields Commission
On June 15, Minister of Canadian Heritage Mélanie Joly announced the appointment of former CEGEP Champlain-St. Lawrence campus director Jean Robert as the new chair of the National Battlefields Commission, …
Memorials and Things of Fame
June 22, 1818 – The Quebec GazetteDrummondville now has twenty-five frame houses in the village, situated on well laid out streets. A grist mill and saw mill had been completed …
The story behind Rue Anne-Barbel
This street is named in honour of a remarkable Quebec City-born businesswoman, Marie-Anne Barbel (1704-1793). She ran several successful businesses after her husband, Louis Fornel, died in 1745. The couple …
More Americans apologize
Dear Editor, I wish to offer an apology to Canadian citizens for the recent rude and politically pathetic behavior by our president after the G7, now 6, Summit. As an …
Holland Elementary School students visit Wendake
Two groups of Grade 5 students from Holland School went on a field trip to the Hôtel-Musée Premières Nations in Wendake to present their Project of Heart posters on July …
Canadian Association for Irish Studies meets at the Morrin Centre
The Canadian Association for Irish Studies held a conference in Quebec City from June 13 to 16, attended by representatives from seven countries and five Canadian provinces. Most of the …